Yard Waste Disposal

St. Cloud uses a volume-based yard waste collection system. All of the yard waste collected by the City is composted. Yard waste is picked on Mondays throughout the City, spring - fall. Yard waste is scheduled to begin on April 2, 2018 and end on November 19, 2018 (weather permitting).

Refuse and recycling customers are required to use specially marked "City" bags for yard waste. Yard waste bags are clear compostable bags with the City logo imprinted on them.

The cost for yard waste service is $1.25 per City yard waste bag (sold in quantities of 10; cost $12.50 per package) Bags are 30 gallons in capacity. No bags other than specially marked "City" bags will be picked up. Only purchase bags as needed due to the shelf-life of compostable bags.

Simply fill and tie shut (you must knot the bag; do NOT use zip ties, wire ties, string, twine, etc.) Do not exceed 40 pounds of yard waste in bag (overfilled, ripped or untied bags will not be collected) Place filled bags at pickup location as soon as possible to avoid decomposition prior to pick up. Put bags out for collection no later than 6:00 a.m. on designated Mondays between mid-April and mid-November. There is no limit to the number of bags you can place out for collection. Yard waste includes grass clippings, leaves, pine cones, pine needles, pumpkins, acorns, apples, small twigs (no bigger in diameter or length than a pencil). Yard waste mixed with rocks, Styrofoam, animal feces, food scraps or other foreign materials is unacceptable.

Acceptable tree waste includes branches, sticks, longer twigs, shrubs or bushes, cornstalks and woody or vine-type plants. All tree waste needs to be bundled in 4' x1' bundles and tied with twine or heavy string (no duct tape). Attach a City yard waste bag to each bundle for pickup. For large volumes of bundled branches or brush, call the Public Works Department to schedule a special pickup. Cornstalks and woody or vine-type (tomato, squash, cucumber) plants must be bundled in the same manner as tree waste with a City yard waste bag attached. Tree waste placed in containers will no longer be picked up. Unacceptable tree waste includes stumps and firewood.

Special pickup service for yard waste is avaiable on Mondays during the yard waste season. To arrange for a special pickup, call 320-650-2900. All tree waste, cornstalks and woody or vine-type plants must be securely tied in bundles no larger than 4' x 1'. Please call in advance to arrange for this service. There is an additional charge for this service.

City residents are eligible to use the City's self-haul compost site located at River Bluffs Regional Park area east of County Road 75 off 33rd Street South Commercial hauler and lawn service companies are not eligible to use this site. A compost site permit must be purchased at City Hall, 400 - 2nd Street South, during regular businesss hours. Permits are also available online.Permits are not available at the compost site.

At the time of purchase, applicant must provide the license plate number of the vehicle that will be used to transport yard waste to the compost site. Permits are non-transferrable. The compost site permit must be displayed on the inside bottom of the passenger side of the windshield. Only clean yard waste, brush and tree waste free of rocks, metal and concrete will be accepted. Acceptable yard waste includes leaves, grass clippings, pine cones, pine needles, pumpkins, acorns, apples, garden vegetation, dirt and sod. Acceptable tree waste includes branches, sticks, firewood, Christmas trees, shrubs or bushes, and cornstalks. Unacceptable: construction wood, dimentional lumber, wood pallets and other manufactured wood products, landscape rock and tree stumps. All loads entering the site must be covered and secured to prevent loss of waste in transit. Residents must unload their own yard waste, and must take all empty bags and containers with them.

Permit holders may self-load and haul composted soil and/or mulch when available from the City compost site during normal hours of operation. Permit holders must provide their own shovel and containers and must self-load and haul the compost and/or mulch. There is no additional charge for this service. Limits may be placed on the quantities of compost and/or mulch

The Mission

The mission of the City of St. Cloud is to provide high quality public services for our residents in a cost effective, responsive, innovative and professional manner given the changing needs and resources available.

The following Core Values have also been established for the City of St. Cloud: